Prof Deborah A Meyers PhD a, Prof Eugene R Bleecker MD a, Prof John W Holloway PhD a, Prof Stephen T Holgate DSc b Summary Unbiased genetic approaches, especially genome-wide association studies, have identified novel genetic targets in the pathogenesis of asthma, but so far…
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology – Special Issue: Asthma in childhood GUEST EDITOR Gunilla Hedlin • Stockholm, Sweden. Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 173–179, March 2014 Daniela V. B. R. Linhares, João Almeida L. da Fonseca,…
Int J Gen Med. 2014; 7: 131–135. Published online Mar 3, 2014. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S56660 PMCID: PMC3949722 Ghada Saad Abd El-Motaleb,1 Alraohaa Ahmed Ahmed Abou Amer,1 Gamal Mohamed Elawa,2 and Mohamed Abo Alsood Abd Elfattah3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ►…
Jasper V. Been,1,2,3,* Marlies J. Lugtenberg,1 Eline Smets,1 Constant P. van Schayck,2,3 Boris W. Kramer,1,4,5Monique Mommers,2 and Aziz Sheikh2,3,6 Abstract Background: Accumulating evidence implicates early life factors in the aetiology of non-communicable diseases, including asthma/wheezing disorders. We undertook…
Jasper V. Been,1,2,3,* Marlies J. Lugtenberg,1 Eline Smets,1 Constant P. van Schayck,2,3 Boris W. Kramer,1,4,5Monique Mommers,2 and Aziz Sheikh2,3,6 Abstract Background: Accumulating evidence implicates early life factors in the aetiology of non-communicable diseases, including asthma/wheezing disorders. We undertook…
BMJ Open 2014;4:e003827 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003827 Smita Dick1, Emma Doust2, Hilary Cowie2, Jon G Ayres3, Steve Turner1 +Author Affiliations: 1Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, 2Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK, 3Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK…
Research indicates that the more colds and other viral infections a woman has during pregnancy, the more likely her child is to have asthma. The more colds and other viral infections a woman…
Background: Prediction of subsequent school-age asthma during the preschool years has proven challenging. Objective To confirm in a post hoc analysis the predictive ability of the modified Asthma Predictive Index (mAPI)…
Abstract: Background: In clinical trials the use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but whether the same is true…